MASKED BURGLARS.
, . PLUCKY WOMAN SHOT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. August 31, 0.20 a.m.) j oil i August 30. • Mr. 1 , Matthews, proprietor : of Gardner's Arms Hotel at M'Kinnon, was awakened by a masked man standing at his bedside and pointing a revolver at him.. , The man threatened to shoot him if he attempted resistance. Another man was ransacking the ers.Mrs. Matthews jumped up, and pror mised to get the cash-box. She rushed to the door, and the burglars fired, striking her. .twice in'.the head .with sling shot.- -■' ' ' " . ; She managed, -however,to -escape "down--, stairs and .'give the alarm. ; The robbers escaped .with J235. COUNTESS ROBBED OP .£SOOO. Paris, August 29. Masked, burglars entered the Chateau Kochecantin, near Angers, tore up a sheet, gagged and bound the Countess Do Kochecantin, and. got away with ,£SOOO worth of- valuables.
The countess was afterwards discovered in a delirious condition.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19100831.2.45
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 909, 31 August 1910, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
145MASKED BURGLARS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 909, 31 August 1910, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in